Re: Ping: Petem

[mleuck <m.leuck@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Jan 5, 12:15=A0am, Frank Olson
<use_the_email_li...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> JoeRaisin wrote:
> > Petem wrote:
>
> >> "Robert L Bass" <nore...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> a =E9crit dans le message de
> >> groupe de discussion : saydnSyDs7GgOd_WnZ2dnUVZ_v2dn...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx=
.
> >>> "petem" wrote:
>
> >>>> I said that , since my mom got the same illness
> >>>> then bAss, and that since he is such a jerk, and
> >>>> that my Mom being a real good person, it would
> >>>> be fucking unfair in this world to have this pos survive while she
> >>>> died...
>
> >>> You are angry because your Mom, who was probably a wonderful perosn
> >>> (no sarcasm, I'm sure she was great) passed away and you're afraid
> >>> that I will live. =A0Well, be at peace, Pete. =A0All my doctors and e=
ven
> >>> the oncology and hospice staff say the same thing. I'm dying. =A0They
> >>> guess about 3 more months minimum now but they keep extending that. =
=A0
> >>> They're probably right in the long run. =A0The tumors are spreading t=
o
> >>> new areas and the ones I already have are growing.
>
> >>> I could go on like this for some time it seems. =A0No one is sure
> >>> because practically no one (not sure if there is one person or no one
> >>> at this point) with this type of metastasis has lived this long
> >>> before. =A0I'm not looking for pity. =A0I just want to make peace wit=
h
> >>> those around me. =A0If it makes you feel better to keep on hating me
> >>> for some imagined slight, so be it. =A0That's on your head -- not min=
e.
>
> >>> --
>
> >>> Regards,
> >>> Robert
>
> >> hey fatso,, well used to be fatso.. I dont care about you.
>
> >> You are a jerk, been a jerk all your life and now you want to be
> >> friend with every one.. If you would have been at least a good fellow
> >> a few years before your illness you would have all my support, but
> >> your attitude is the one of Scrooge ,seing that he will die a
> >> miserable one he start being a good fellow.
>
> >> thats fucking hypocite and I am not one like that.. I am direct and
> >> thats simple, you were, you are still a fucking jerk and an hypocrite,
> >> and thats it.. live and die with it.
>
> > The story of Scrooge is one of a bad person seeing the error of his
> > ways, making amends and living out the rest of his years as a better
> > person.
>
> > If you believe that people are only what they used to be and cannot
> > change then that is more on you than on the other person.
>
> > I don't believe it is hypocritical to try being a better person
> > regardless of the impetus, if the change comes from the heart - which I
> > believe to be the case here.
>
> > Now me - I'm still a miserable, cynical bastard who is also simple and
> > direct. =A0So I call 'em like I see 'em. =A0Sometimes my vision is 20/2=
0,
> > sometimes not.
>
> > I'm not trying to start crap, I just believe that people can have an
> > honest change of heart, for lesser reasons than Robert has.
>
> Well said Joe. =A0I know times are tough (for you) and they're probably
> going to get "tougher" (starting a new business isn't easy). =A0There is =
a
> light at the end of the tunnel though. =A0You just have to make sure you
> have enough spare batteries for your flashlight to make it to the other
> side (it also helps to have friends to light your way)... =A0:-)


Jeez Frank you could have used a better metaphor than lights at the
end of tunnels